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author | ru <ru@FreeBSD.org> | 2010-02-25 14:36:50 +0000 |
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committer | ru <ru@FreeBSD.org> | 2010-02-25 14:36:50 +0000 |
commit | a7d34933344bc3694ee29ba02e0e388dbd855ca9 (patch) | |
tree | 815315f84e2ec0c4fad243007c13a618b2f65d35 /tools/tools/mcgrab/mcgrab.1 | |
parent | 1b75a98556931f83129a222260dbc32a104b8bc3 (diff) | |
download | FreeBSD-src-a7d34933344bc3694ee29ba02e0e388dbd855ca9.zip FreeBSD-src-a7d34933344bc3694ee29ba02e0e388dbd855ca9.tar.gz |
Moved mcgrab(1) into a separate directory -- our .mk infrastructure
doesn't currently have support for building multiple programs in a
single makefile.
While here, fixed manpages and makefiles (missing dependencies).
Diffstat (limited to 'tools/tools/mcgrab/mcgrab.1')
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diff --git a/tools/tools/mcgrab/mcgrab.1 b/tools/tools/mcgrab/mcgrab.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1b83f50 --- /dev/null +++ b/tools/tools/mcgrab/mcgrab.1 @@ -0,0 +1,83 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 2008 George V. Neville-Neil +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" $FreeBSD$ +.\" +.Dd July 9, 2008 +.Dt MCGRAB 1 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm mcgrab +.Nd "multicast filter overload test" +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm +.Op Fl i Ar interface +.Op Fl g Ar group +.Op Fl n Ar number +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +command implements a multicast test which grabs and holds +N multicast addresses. +The purpose of the test is to see what +happens when a network interface is no longer able to filter +multicasts in hardware and has to switch to promiscuous or +multicast promiscuous mode. +A successful test does not have any +result, but an unsuccessful test will have deleterious side effects. +Packet size in bytes. +The options are as follows: +.Bl -tag -width ".Fl i Ar interface" +.It Fl i Ar interface +Network interface, which can be found with +.Xr ifconfig 8 . +.It Fl g Ar group +Multicast group. +.It Fl n Ar number +Number of groups to join. +.El +.Sh EXAMPLES +The following is an example of a typical usage +of the +.Nm +command: +.Pp +.Dl "mcgrab -i em0 -g 239.255.255.1 -n 1024" +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr mctest 1 , +.Xr netstat 1 , +.Xr nanosleep 2 , +.Xr ifconfig 8 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +program first appeared in +.Fx 7.0 . +.Sh AUTHORS +This +manual page was written by +.An George V. Neville-Neil Aq gnn@FreeBSD.org . +.Sh BUGS +Should be reported to the author or to +.Aq net@FreeBSD.org . |